Efficacy of acupressure treatment at Neiguan Point with acupressure bands for chemotherapy-induced nausea, vomiting, and retching
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Abstract
Patients who receive chemotherapy perceive nausea and vomiting (N&V) to be one of the most problematic outcomes of chemotherapy. Even with the administration of a prophylactic antiemetic protocol, up to 33% of the patients experience emesis in the first 24 hours after receiving strong chemotherapy agents. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the effect of acupressure on the Neiguan Point (P6) on the incidence, frequency, duration and intensity of nausea, vomiting, and retching associated with chemotherapy in chemotherapy-naïve patients. The methodology was a single blind, randomized treatment and no treatment control, repeated measures design. The sample of patients (N = 25), ages 39 to 71, were selected from two outpatient oncology clinics and a women's cancer center located in a large northeastern, metropolitan hospital. The Rhodes Index of Nausea, Vomiting, and Retching was used to measure N&V before treatment and four times after chemotherapy was received. Chi Square analysis and sample t-tests revealed no significant differences between the two groups. However, the mean for each item on the Rhodes Index for the experimental group was often times lower than the mean for the control group suggesting that acupressure may assist in the controlling N&V associated with chemotherapy. Further data will be collected with the goal of achieving a sample large enough to derive statistically significant results.
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Type | Dissertation |
Acquisition | Proxy-submission |
Review Type | None: Degree-based Submission |
Format | Text-based Document |
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Evidence Level | Randomized Controlled Trial |
Research Approach | N/A |
Keywords | Chemotherapy Side-effects; Alternative Treatment of Nausea; Cancer Patients |
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Grantor | Duquesne University |
Advisor | Husted, Gladys L. |
Level | PhD |
Year | 2001 |
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